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Little People.

'■ A httie' Maine girl''saldit' was "'Awful' cold," one day last week, " ten feet 'below' ZiM," ■ :•■ ( ..; ;, <Teacher,,to,. a. ( small iboy t ! 7r ' I ,Wh i at.. do« : the ( proverb those ivho.i(ve. in ,g!aßs;;Ji6uß^,!: , . ; ; , Sm'all..Boy.'i'' /• Pull' down ..thobliuds."'.;, ,'"„' "'■'' •''*'' '•'•"■!!" i ;v, Johnnie, here.you are at the, breakfastvtable, l and:jyoni!,,fac9 ii unwashed,'.' said his. mother, jwi.tb. a .sharp'fook,j ! ..; i l.knoW)it)m„rl .saw. the -auimalculeaHn- -pa's miorp-. aoope last night, and 'l.ain't 'going jto -haTe, : thosetthinga- crawling, all 'Overmyface wife \,':\ v . ,, ;,.,•.,!., ' and' was now amusiug himself 'with' the Scrip--'ture Oriuts)— *'Her 6is Daiiiei inthe'liohs' .den!'-'-' 1 "Manihift' |i,: Ali!' 'what Ava'sf b«'bast into theiions' den' for l" 1 ■Master; Tommy (with - triumph)-^'''Cauie 'he was sti&'l-Niw-Mrk'Evehinjf'Ptotii i ,' i; .A Six-yearjoid 'yottt'tb-a'tnioXMeetmg'. no't"loii'g' siii^e,' wh'6n : by'?,"* ll opening, prayer; I ,"'His' fervency 'a\yakeh'ed' )l (io'rre3pbnding fervor in.' .the,Methqdisti';brithre'n', ! .Who fesponiJe'd'on l ;on all side's, • ( ;Ainen,' , ;'aiia'"Amen'.',' ajhe' :boystood;one'or'two"volloyyin wondering silence; and then 'whispered to' his mother-' ".Take, me put,of here., I.won'tßtaui'il;I. Tney iare sassinjg'our'ininistery''''' '.', . : i

; "There, child," said grandmother,"you musn't be vain: don't-stand there at the mirror' admiring your • dimpled i cheeks I ■Dimplos are pretty enough', no doubt,'but : they will ohango to-Hirrinkles-'one of these days," Little Edith turned) from; the glass with'just a suspicion' of' a: pout oh her rosy lips?" She sat'silenti'far.aimoment; then, looking up, she-said ::"Grandma,''What'aiot ofdimples you mußt' have had when you wore a little girl—all'over your face," wah't they, grandma.?"-swtoj TranicrifU .■■ : 'n\ ■

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1233, 18 November 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

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231

Little People. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1233, 18 November 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

Little People. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1233, 18 November 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

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